Human Cloning - Should it be Legal?
Uploaded by villainlad on Feb 16, 2012
Human cloning is a big issue in the science world. When people think of human cloning they think of the positive aspects of the issue. Having a cloned superstar around, being able to have a person reborn after a tragic death and even as far as using a cloned person for spare parts. Cloning could affect the human race.
Although there are good reasons why cloning should remain legal, there are just as many reasons why this procedure could have negative affects. Health risks can be very serious when attempting to clone a human being. Disastrous mutations and abnormalities could occur in the cloning process. Emotional effects may also be a consequence to cloning that could lead to negative family problems. One example is the possibility of family separation.
On the other hand there could be positive benefits to cloning humans. In my opinion a strong ban should be put on human cloning. Science has advanced so far that tampering with human lives is now a concern.
Doctor Patrick Dixon stated that he was e-mailed by a young lady that asked if it was possible to have her dead father cloned(17). The answer to that question is “yes“. A dead person can be cloned. This is an example of why there are people that would like to see human beings cloned. According to author Philip Cohen, “all that is needed to clone a person is a few living cells left behind on a drinking cup, or exchanged in a handshake”(2). If an individual had enough money and a few live cells they could re-create any person they wanted to. According to Dr. Aaron Hawley, “a clone is an organism that has the same genetic information as another” (26).
There are some positive aspects to cloning human beings. At this time only six percent of Americans think it would be a good idea to clone humans. Some of their reasons are very strong. Examples of a few of the reasons included by Dr.Dixon are recovering someone that has passed on, attempts to improve the human race, assisting medical research, and just plain curiosity (21). These reasons would have a strong impact on human beings as a whole. From a positive point of view, yes, we would benefit from most of these examples.
The fact is that only wealthy people would be able to provide the money to have a human cloned. The rich...